Binders



J- L. JONES Jan. 21, 1964 BINDERS 2. Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed 001;. 27, 1961 I I'll'lllll INVENTOR.

9 5 2 7 "a m r mum z. E 0 nu W a. a m m 5 mm a u 1 "M" n I rr m x 2 7 /z 1 6 2 5 (w 0 p 3,115,689 BINDERS John Leslie Jones, 1437i Glen Gaks Blvd, Pasadena, Calif. Filed Get. 27, 196i, Ser. No. 148,194 3 Claims. (ill. 281-36) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in binders for multiple page pamphlets, reports, manucripts, books and the like documents.

This application is a continuation-in-part of my earlier copending application Serial No. 104,500, filed April 19, 1961, now Patent 3,074,130 issued January 22, 1963, which is a continuation of application Serial No. 73 3,348,

abandoned, relating to Pronged Paper Fasteners.

Included in the objects of my invention are:

First, to provide a bound document, having a protected visible indicia portion.

Second, to provide an inexpensive, easily applied binder for a cover of a pamphlet, manuscript or report providing covered, visible title indicia or the like.

Third, to provide a bound means for a multiple stacked page document having a simple transparent cover means for the title indicia or the like.

Fourth, to provide a simple binder for a document tightly securing all pages and the cover sheets.

Fifth, to provide a simple inexpensive binder and protected indicia combination tightly securing all the pages of a pamphlet, manuscript, book or the like.

Sixth, to provide a low cost easily assembled binder and transparent covered indicia combination securing all pages of a multiple stacked page document in a manner permitting each sheet to lie flat, on opening the pages of the combination.

Further objects and advantages of my invention become apparent in the following description, to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings.

FIGURE 1 is an elevational perspective view of one of my binder and label combinations securing a document.

FIGURE 2 is a plan view of my binder and label combination of FIGURE 1 before application to a document.

FIGURE 3 is a cross sectional view through 33 of FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 4 is a perspective elevational view of a prong structure of FIGURE 1, showing the structure in outline detail.

FIGURE 5 is a cross sectional view of a modification of the cross section illustrated in FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 6 is still another modification of my binder, in cross sectional view, simflar to FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 7 is an elevational perspective view of another modification of my binder and la el combination securing a document.

FIGURE 8 is a plan view of my binder and label cor bination or" FIGURE 7 prior to application to a document.

FIGURE 9 is a cross sectional view through 99 of FTGURE 8, with modifications.

FIGURE 10 is a cross sectional view through 99 of FIGURE 8.

FIGURE 11 is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional view of ll 11 of FiGURE 7.

FIGURE 12 is a cross sectional view of another modification of my binders.

The cross sectional views of FIGURES 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 12 are not necessarily drawn to exact scale, due to the difliculty of exactly rendering the scales of the thin layers illustrated.

Referring to FIGURE 1 in detail, the document 1 is shown in perspective elevational view with my binder and label combination 2 securing the covers 3 and the multiple stacked pages 4. The binder and label combination aliases Patented Jan. 21, 1954 2 is shown mounted on the border back 5 and the back 6 of the document 1. The border strip section 7 is shown and the indicia 9 being protected by the overlying transparent label window section 10. The initial base of the three prongs 11 are shown extending down into the three openings 12 in the document adjacent the border back 5.

Referring to FIGURES 2 and 3 together, my binder and label combination of FIGURE 1 is shown in a partially assembled condition, prior to mounting the final combination 2 on the document 1. The two opaque border strip sections 7 and 15 are shown, with the centered transparent label window section 10 overlying and continuously joined to the two opposed border strip sections 7 and is". The label strip sheet 8 is shown lying below the transparent window section 10 with the indicia 9 visible. The three wide prongs 11 are shown cooperatively integrally extending from the same side of the border strip section 7, and the complete integrally joined sections consisting of the border strips 7 and 15, together with the window section 10 and the prongs 11., being designated as the flexible film strip body device 16. The spacing of the prongs 11 along the border strip section 7 is arranged to corresponding y center with the elongated indexed openings 12 in the covers 3 and the pages 4. The integral flexible film strip body device 16 is shown as the uppermost layer. A pair of opaque pressure sensitive adhesive coatings l7 and 18, permanently completely cover one face of the film strip body device 16, except for the area adjacent the transparent vwindow 10, the window 10 being covered, adjacent the adhesive coatings 17 and 18, by a transparent pressure sensitive adhesive coating 19. The label strip sheet 8 is shown adhesively secured to the transparent adhesive coating 19, indicia face 9 adjacent the coating 19. Another pressure sensitive adhesive coating 2% is shown completely covering the face of the label sheet 8 opposite the indicia face 9. The opaque adhesive coatings 17 and 18 may be made opaque with pigments or dyes, as disclosed in my Patent 3,074,133 entitled Document Binder.

Release coated backing sheets 21, 22 and 23 are shown secured to the opaque pressure sensitive adhesive coatings 17 and 18. The backing sheets 21 and 22 are secured to the opaque border strip sections 15 and 7 for the full length of the binder and label combination 2, as illustrated in FIGURE 2. The backing sheet 23 is shown secured to the prong 11. The prong backing sheet 23 is to be adhesively secured to the full length and width of the prong 11 with a handle 24 length also extending a full length of the prong, the handle 24 being formed by a length of backing sheet 23 folded at the crease 25 to form an equal length of backing sheet 26 adhesively secured to the prong 11. The prong backing sheet 23 is applied to the prong 11 in a direction to allow the handle 24 to form a free end terminus 29 opposite the border strip 7, which is the base of the prong 11.

Referring to FIGURE 4 in detail, there is shown an enlarged pictorial elevational view through 44 of PEG- URE 1, showing the detailed method of securing the covers 3 and multiple pages 4 of the document 1. The prong 11 extends down through the opening 12 from the border strip section 7, around the opposite border back 13, up around the document back 6, then over the top border back 5, the prong 11 terminating substantially just before the opening 12 at the prong terminus 27. The border strip sections 7 and 15, together with the transparent window 10, exteriorly adhesively secure the prong 11 by the coatings 22, 21 and 21 respectively. The prong 11 is also adhesively secured to the document 1. Thus a tightly bound document is made by my binder and label combination 2.

Referring to FIGURE 5 in detail, I show a modification of my invention which is suitable for marketing my binder and label combination 2 invention and is a device from which my binder and label combination 2 can be easily assembled. The transparent integral flexible film strip body device 16 is shown as the uppermost layer. A pair of opaque pressure sensitive adhesive coatings 17 and 18, permanently completely cover one face of the strip body device 16, except for the area adjacent the transparent window being covered adjacent the adhesive coatings 17 and 18 by a transparent pressure sensitive adhesive coating 19. The release coated backing sheets 21, 28 and 22 completely cover the sections of adhesive adjacent the sections 15, 10 and 7. The release coated baoking sheet 23 is to be adhesively secured to the full length and width of the prong 11, with a handle 24 also extending a full length of the prong 11, the handle 24 being formed by a length of backing sheet 23 folded at the crease 25 to form an equal length of backing sheet 26 adhesively secured to the prong 11. The folded backing sheet 23 is applied to the adhesive coating 18 of the prong 11 in a direction to allow the handle 24 free end terminus 29 to extend to the prong terminus 27 opposite the border strip 7, which is the base of the prong 11.

Another modification of my invention can be made by eliminating the transparent window 10 and label sheet 8, by simply making the adhesive coating, such as 19 of FIGURE 5, of the same adhesive as 17 and 18. In

this modification, the backing sheets, such as 21, 28 and 22, can also be combined into a single release coated sheet. For this modification the flexible film strip body device, such as 16, can be paper, cloth, as well as plastic films of the types to be enumerated later.

I may simply apply my modifications of binders and binders and label combinations as described above by indexing the multiple pages 4 and covers 3 of the document 11, with the elongated openings 12, arranged as in FIGURE 1. The device illustrated in FIGURE 5 is laid device 16 face down, and the backing sheet 28 removed. A label sheet 8, of a size to fit the window 10, having indicia '9 on the writing face, is secured indicia face to the adhesive coating 19. The three prongs 11 having the backing sheets 23 are inserted through the openings 12, the handles 24 being held close to the sheets 26. After insertion of the prongs 11 completely to their full lengths, the backing sheets 23 are removed from the prongs 11 by pulling them otf the adhesive coatings 18. The prongs 11 are then tightly wrapped around the border back 13, the document back 6, and up over the top border back 5, adhesively securing the prong 11 by the coating 18. The backing sheets 21 and 22 are then removed from the border sections and 7, and the three sections 15, 7 and the subcombination 10, 19, 8 and are adhesively secured to the document 1, as in FIGURE 4.

I may also modify my invention to supply a cheaper, simple binder, whose cross section is illustrated in FIG- URE 6 and whose plan view is the same as FIGURE 2 with respect to the overall geometric outline, excluding a transparent window 10 and label sheet 8 type of structure. Thus I may employ a simple paper or impregnated cloth or the like flexible film strip body device 60, of the plan geometric outline of 16, and coat'it on one face with a moistenable adhesive film coating 61, as dextrin, gum arabic, vegetable and animal glues or the like. I may use my modified binder 62 thus prepared to bind a document.

Other modifications of my invention in binder and label combinations are disclosed in FIGURES 7-12. Referring to FIGURE 7 in detail, the document 71 is shown in perspective elevational view with my binder and label combination 72 loosely securing the covers 73 and the multiple stacked pages 74. The binder and label combination 72 is mounted on the border back 75 and the back 76 of the document 71. The label strip sheet 77 is shown, substantially the width of the document back 76, having indicia 31 showing, and it is covered by a transparent label window section 78. The three Wide prongs 79 are shown extending down into the three elongated openings 80, and are adhesively secured in a manner not shown.

Referring to FIGURE 8 in detail, my binder and label combination is shown in plan view in a partially assembled condition, prior to mounting the combination 72 on the document 71. The three wide prongs 79 and the three wide prongs 82 are shown, a prong 79 and a prong 32 forming a pair, each member of the pair oppositely extending from the transparent window section 78 and continuously secured thereto, to cooperatively form the flexible strip body device 83. The lines 84 define the label sheet 77 width, said sheet lying below the window 7 8 in the view.

Referring to FIGURE 9 in detail, there is shown a marketable inventive modification which I may manufacture for use in preparing my combination 72. The transparent flexible film strip body device 83 is shown as the top layer of the view, the two opaque pressure sensitive adhesive coatings 85 and 86 are shown com pletely covering all of one face of the device 83, except the window section 78. The window 78 is covered on the face of the device 83, adjoining the coatings S5 and 86, by a transparent pressure sensitive adhesive coating 87. Release coated backing sheets 83, 99 and 89 are shown adhesively secured respectively to the adhesive coatings 85, 86 and 87. The sheets 88 and 89 are simple fiat sheets. The backing sheet 90, consists of the two equal lengths 91 and 92 folded over on each other at the crease 93, the length 91 is directly secured to the adhesive 86 and the handle length 92 provides for easy removal of the backing sheet 99, as earlier disclosed for my modification of binders shown in FIGURES l-5. Backing sheets 88 cover the prongs 82 and backing sheets cover the prongs 79.

Referring to FIGURE 10 in detail, I disclose the intermediate assembly made just prior to securing the document as in FIGURE 7, in which the backing sheet 39 has been removed from FIGURE 9 assembly to uncover the transparent adhesive coating 87 and the label strip sheet 77 is adhesively secured to the assemblage by the coating 87, indicia face adjacent the adhesive coating 87. The remaining release coated backing sheets 38 and 90 are secured to the adhesive coatings as disclosed above.

In a further modification of my invention as disclosed in FIGURES 7, 8, 9 and 10, I may employ a single transparent pressure sensitive adhesive coating over one face of the film device, such as the device 83, and replace the backing sheets, such as 83, by colored decorated permanently secured paper sheets, adhesively secured to the prongs, such as 82 by the single adhesive coating. 1 may likewise replace the label sheet, such as 77 by a decorative permanently secured paper sheet or the like.

In the application of the binder and label combination of FIGURE 10, I assemble the covers 73 and the multiple pages 74 in manner to provide the aligned indexed openings 84), with one cover 73 and one-half the pages 74 lying adjacent the other cover and one-half pages, openings 80 of the two piles adjacent. The first three prongs 79 are inserted into the three openings 80 of the cover 73 and one-half of the stacked pages 7 label sheet 77 underneath the cover 73, and with the creased backing sheet 99 secured to the three prongs, the handle 92 closely held to the backing sheet 91.

The second three prongs 82, with the backing sheets 38 adhesively secured, are inserted into the other cover 73 and one-half of the stacked pages 74, having openings '80. The three prongs '82, having the backing sheets 88, are laid sheets 88 face down on the pages, the backing sheet handles 92 used to remove the handles 92 and the backing sheets 91 from the three prongs 79, and the adhesive coatings 86 of the prongs are then adhesively secured to the top face of the prongs 82, to form a strong bond.

The bonded prongs, as illustrated in the cross sectional view of FIGURE 11, can be reversibly secured and parted, if it is necessary to add to or remove pages from the document 71. The label sheet 77 is shown bonded by the adhesive 87 to the transparent window 78. The release coated backing sheet 83 is shown bonded by the adhesive 85 t0 the prong 82, the aforesaid two sheets serving as the interior ring structure for the binder. The prong 79 is the exterior prong directly adhesively bonded by 85 to the top face underlying prong S2, opposite the adhesively bonded backing sheet 88. I cut the prongs to the required length, to provide for proper looseness in the bonded prong structure, which does not provide tightly bound pages, as in my other modifications. Conversely, I provide long length prongs, commensurate with the label window width, said label window width should not be substantially wider than the document back 76 thickness.

A further modification of my teaching of a loose binder of the type illustrated in FIGURES 7, 8, l0 and 11 can be provided by omitting the pressure sensitive adhesive coatings, such as 37 and 35 respectively from the surface of the label window section 78 and the prongs 82, as in FIGURE 9. Thus, the loose binder structure of the general securing geometry of FIGURES 7 and 11 can be attained by simply overlapping the prong, such as 79, having the adhesive coating, such as 86, permanently completely covering as illustrated in FIGURE 9, over a prong having no adhesive coating, such as prong 82, to form a bond as described above and illustrated in FIGURE 11.

A still further modification of my loose binder, of the type illustrated in FIGURES 7, 8, 10, 11, can be simply provided by a paper, impregnated cloth or the like flexible strip body device 114 of FIGURE 12, which has the same plan view as FIGURE 8. One face of the device 112 is coated with a dry, remoistenable adhesive coating 113, as dextrin, animal or fish glue, vegetable glue or the like. The binder 114 is utilized as shown in FIG- URE 11 and the accompanying description for its application, moistening the dry adhesive coating.

The flexible films used in my invention may be selected from thin films, typically 0.0005 to 0.02 inch thick stock. The transparent, pigmented or dyed pressure sensitive adhesive applied to the film is properly formulated to provide a permanent bond to the film.

The flexible backing sheets may be prepared from paper, cloth or non-woven film or the like, and are treated by known methods to provide a coating preventing their permanent adhesion to the pressure sensitive adhesive coatings. I may provide for opaque and transparent combinations in my flexible film strip body device as disclosed in my copending patent of this date titled Document Binders. My prongs are preferably broad in width, typically one to two inches or the like, depending upon the size and weight of the document to be bound. Typically elongated opening for a prong is 7, X 2 inches, spaced a wide interval along the back border of a sheet of paper and typically A to /2 inch from the left margin.

As materials of construction for the integral flexible film device I may also include such materials as follows:

Cellophane Polyethylene Polypropylene Plasticized polyvinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer Polyvinylidene chloride-vinyl chloride copolymer (Saran) Oriented styrene Polyethylene terephthalate (Mylar) Cellulose acetate Obviously many modifications and variations of my improvements in document binders and label combinations may be made in the light of my teachings. It is there- 6 fore understood that within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described; or specifically covered by my claims.

I claim:

1. A document binder and label combination comprising: a first transparent sub-combination of a transparent first flexible film label elongated window section and a transparent first pressure sensitive adhesive coating completely covering and permanently secured to one face of sai window section, said first sub-combination having a pair of opposed long sides; a pair of opaque border strip sections, each pair member having an opaque second flexible film section and a second pressure sensitive adhesive coating completely covering and permanently secured to one face of said opaque fihn section, each pair member being continuously oppositely secured to all of the long side of said first window section, said first film section adjacent said second film section and said first adhesive coating adjacent said second adhesive coating; a multiplicity of prong sub-combinations laterally extending from one said opaque border strip section, each said prong sub-combination including a third flexible film section and a third pressure sensitive adhesive coating completely covering and permanently secured to one face of said third film section, said third film sections continuously adjacently secured to said second film section and said third adhesive coatings continuously adjacently secured to said second adhesive coating; and a plurality of release coated flexible backing sheets completely covering and coplanar mounted on said first, second and third adhesive coatings, said first adhesive coating being covered by a first backing sheet, each said second adhesive coating being covered by a second backing sheet, and each said third adhesive coating being covered by a third backing sheet, each said third backing sheet having an identical area free handle section rotating about a crease hinge and having a free terminus opposite said hinge, said crease hinge located adjacent said opaque border strip section.

2. A binder and label combination securing a document comprising: a first sub-combination of a label strip section having an indicia face and an opposite face coated with a first pressure sensitive adhesive coating, said first sub-combination adhesively secured to a back length of said document; a transparent second sub-combination consisting of a transparent first flexible film window section having a transparent second pressure sensitive adhesive coating secured to one face of said window section, said second transparent sub-combination completely covering and secured by said transparent adhesive coating to said label indicia face section; and a pair of opaque subcombination of border strips, each said border strip subcombination including at least a second flexible film section and a third pressure sensitive adhesive coating completely covering and permanently secured to said second film section, one edge of each said border strip subcombination adjacently continuously secured to one edge of said transparent second sub-combination, said first fihn section secured to said second film section and said second adhesive coating secured to said third adhesive coating, each said opaque sub-combination being secured by said third adhesive coating to one of a pair of opposed document border backs; and a plurality of prong subcombinations, each prong sub-combination including at least a third flexible film section and a fourth pressure sensitive adhesive coating completely covering and secured to one face of said third film section, said third flexible film section adjacently secured to said second flexible film section and said fourth pressure sensitive adhesive coating adjacently secured to said third pressure sensitive adhesive coating of one side of said opaque border strip sub-combination; and said plurality of prong subcombinations, each prong separately being tightly adhesively secured by said fourth adhesive coating to the opposed pair of border backs, the back, and a side of an 7 elongated narrow opening in said document adjacent said border back.

3. A binder and label combination securing a document comprising: a first sub-combination of a label strip section having an indicia face; a transparent second subcombination consisting of a transparent first flexible film window section having a transparent first pressure sensitive adhesive coating secured to one face of said window section, said transparent second sub-combination completely covering and secured by said first adhesive coating to said indicia face of said first sub-combination; and a plurality of pairs of prong sub-combinations oppositely extending from said transparent second sub-combination, each member of said pair continuously secured to said second sub-combination, each prong sub-combination including at least a second flexible film section and a second pressure sensitive adhesive coating completely covering said second film section, said second film section secured to said first film section and said second adhesive coating secured to said first adhesive coating; and one pair member of each pair of prong sub-combinations overlappingly adhesively secured by said second adhesive coating over a substantial portion of said other pair member film section, both pair members being losely threaded through an elongated narrow opening in said document adjacent said document back, and said prong pair member underlying said other pair member having a flexible backing sheet completely covering and adhesively secured to said underlying prong by said second adhesive coating.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 219,419 Thorp Sept. 9, 1879 2,106,419 Anderson Jan. 25, 1938 2,292,272 Hirshfield Aug. 4, 1942 2,345,484 Krumwiede Mar. 28, 1944 2,532,011 Dahlquist et a1. Nov. 28, 1950 2,725,322 Muttera Nov. 29, 1955 3,074,133 Jones Ian. 22, 1963 

1. A DOCUMENT BINDER AND LABEL COMBINATION COMPRISING; A FIRST TRANSPARENT SUB-COMBINATION OF A TRANSPARENT FIRST FLEXIBLE FILM LABEL ELONGATED WINDOW SECTION AND A TRANSPARENT FIRST PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COATING COMPLETELY COVERING AND PERMANENTLY SECURED TO ONE FACE OF SAID WINDOW SECTION, SAID FIRST SUB-COMBINATION HAVING A PAIR OF OPOSED LONG SIDES; A PAIR OF OPAQUE BORDER STRIP SECTIONS, EACH PAIR MEMBER HAVING AN OPAQUE SECOND FLEXIBLE FILM SECTION AND A SECOND PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COATING COMPLETELY COVERING AND PERMANELTY SECURED TO ONE FACE OF AID OPAQUE FILM SECTION , EACH PAIR MEMBER BEING CONTINUOUSLY OPPOSITELY SECURED TO ALL OF THE LONG SIDE OF SAID FIRST WINDOW SECTION, SAID FIRST FILM SECTION ADJACENT SAID SECOND FILM SECTION AND SAID FIRST ADHESIVE COATING ADJACENT SAID SECOND ADHESIVE COATING; A MULTIPLICITY OF PRONG SUB-COMBINATIONS LATERALLY EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE OPAQUE BORDER STRIP SECTION, EACH SAID PRONG SUB-COMBINATION INCLUDING A THRID FLEXIBLE FILM SECTION AND A THIRD PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COATING COMPLETELY COVERING AND PERMANENTLY SECURED TO ONE FACE OF SAID THIRD FILM SECTION, SAID THIRD FILM SECTIONS CONTINUOUSLY ADJACENTLY SECURED TO SAID SECOND FILM SECTION AND SAID THIRD ADHESIVE COATINGS CONTINUOUSLY ADJACENTLY SECURD TO SAID SECOND ADHESIVE COATING; AND A PLURALITY OF RELEASE COATED FLEXIBLE BACKING SHEETS COMPLETELY COVERING AND COPLANAR MOUNTED ON SAID FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD ADHESIVE COATINGS, SAID FIRST ADHESIVE COATING BEING COVERED BY A FIRST BACKING SHEET, EACH SAID SECOND ADHESIVE COATING BEING COVERED BY A SECOND BACKING SHEET, AND EACH SAID THIRD ADHESIVE COATING BEING COVERED BY A THIRD BACKING SHEET, EACH SAID THIRD BACKING SHEET HAVING AN IDENTICAL AREA FREE HANDLE SECTION ROTATING ABOUT A CREASE HINGE AND HAVING A FREE TERMINUS OPPOSITE SAID HINGE, SAID CREASE HINGE LOCATED ADJACENT SAID OPAQUE BORDER STIP SECTION. 